Tag Archives: Jodie Foster

WHO’S IN CONTROL? During a live broadcast of a financial talk show, a distraught young man (Jack O’Connell) takes the host (George Clooney) hostage and blames him for the loss of his savings. After directing episodes of TV shows, Jodie Foster returned to the silver screen with this thriller-drama that’s largely set in a TV … Continue reading Money Monster→

In 2154, assembly line worker Max Da Costa (Matt Damon) is hurt in an accident and tries to make his way to Elysium, a space colony for the rich and powerful who’ve left the polluted Earth behind them. Director Neill Blomkamp went from District 9 (2009) to this more elaborate Hollywood movie, but they share … Continue reading Elysium→

A MESSAGE FROM DEEP SPACE. WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO? A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF THE UNIVERSE. When Eleanor Arroway (Jodie Foster) suddenly hears a signal coming from the star Vega while working for a program that is exploring extraterrestrial life, the U.S. government quickly takes control of this historic event. Based … Continue reading Contact→

A NEW COMEDY OF NO MANNERS. When their sons get into a fight in school, the Longstreets and the Cowans gather in a Manhattan apartment to discuss the incident… but it soon gets out of hand. Roman Polanski shows once again (as he did with Death and the Maiden (1994)) that plays can be perfect … Continue reading Carnage→

HOW MANY WRONGS TO MAKE IT RIGHT? NYC radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) and her boyfriend (Naveen Andrews) are attacked in Central Park; he is beaten to death and Erica’s grief isn’t relieved until she buys a gun and shoots the first criminal she sees. Death Wish (1974) gets a modern and surprisingly effective remake in … Continue reading The Brave One→

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAFEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE. As you may know, there are scared millionaires out there building safe rooms in their houses to keep the bad guys out. That always sounded like a good idea for another rehash of the Die Hard concept, so Columbia Pictures have been kind enough … Continue reading Panic Room→

DR. HANNIBAL LECTER. BRILLIANT. CUNNING. PSYCHOTIC. IN HIS MIND LIES THE CLUE TO A RUTHLESS KILLER. CLARICE STARLING, F.B.I.. BRILLIANT. VULNERABLE. ALONE. SHE MUST TRUST HIM TO STOP THE KILLER. It is rumored that writer Thomas Harris has never seen the film adaptation of his novel “The Silence of the Lambs”. I don’t really believe … Continue reading Silence of the Lambs: Quid Pro Quo→

IT LOOKED LIKE THE PERFECT BANK ROBBERY. BUT YOU CAN’T JUDGE A CRIME BY ITS COVER. When masked bank robbers take hostages, New York detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) is called to the scene; he finds himself matching wits with the gang’s leader (Clive Owen) and a mysterious power broker (Jodie Foster). Director Spike Lee’s … Continue reading Inside Man→

ON EVERY STREET, IN EVERY CITY, THERE’S A NOBODY WHO DREAMS OF BEING A SOMEBODY. Travis Bickle can’t stand the streets of New York. He’s waiting for the rain that will wash the trash off the streets, all the thieves, murderers, queers, pimps, hookers. They’re all the same to him. He can’t sleep, which is … Continue reading Taxi Driver: Rough Justice→

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I studied film at Halmstad University and practical filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. Now I'm a critic for the Swedish daily Aftonbladet. Opinions expressed on this personal website are solely mine and not related to Aftonbladet.